energy into to be honest. he has his own issues, own problems that he'll have to deal with. >> reporter: then there is the story of frankie and betsy andreu, once dear friends of lance armstrong, but when the couple refused to keep up the myth of lance, they say armstrong turned on them, calling them bitter, vindictive and jealous. in 2008, betsy andreu says she got this voice mail from a friend of armstrong's which she provided to the new york "daily news," here's part of it. >> i also hope that one day you can have meaning to your life and you have some type of tragedy. pathetic, betsy, i thought you were a better person than that. >> reporter: lance armstrong's fiercest critics say he would do anything to protect himself. in the end it wasn't all about the bike, like his book proclaimed, it might just be all about the glory. >> ed lavandera reporting for us. and you heard ed reporting about emma o'reilly, the personal assistant to lance armstrong who lance said you know enough to bring me down. last night oprah said was her story true, lance, and he said, yes, she was one of the peop